In 2000 Census microdata, various outcomes of second-generation immigrants are related to their parents’ age at arrival in the United States, and in particular whether that age fell within the “critical period” of language ...

Most recent reports on sexual harassment in Egypt draw a dim picture of women’s status not only in that country, but also in most parts of the region. Specifically, a recent study by the United Nations Entity for Gender ...

The substantial rise in health care expenditures that has occurred in the U.S. has been
accompanied by rapid increases in the prices that hospitals receive for treating privately
insured patients. We use data on revenues ...

This chapter explores what made the Plaza such a unique combination of strong cooperation and effective intervention relative to the rest of the post-Bretton Woods period. We demonstrate that in the first quarter of 1985 ...